A Culture Celebrated

August 24, 2007|By SAM MCDONALD Daily Press

African-American culture, commerce and community will be celebrated in Hampton with two concurrent events happening Saturday.

The Virginia Black Expo will spotlight African-American businesses while also welcoming three big-name entertainers to town: pictured from top, rapper LL Cool J, gospel singer Yolanda Adams and actor Louis Gossett Jr. Through a partnership with Jamestown 2007, the Black Expo will also illuminate the historic struggles and triumphs of African-American people.

Happening at the nearly the same time at nearly the same place is the Hampton African-American Family Reunion & Cultural Festival, designed as a chance for families to have fun and strengthen the ties that bind.

Organizers of both are issuing the same challenge once heard from the late, great James Brown: "Get up, get into it, and get involved."